As soon as I read the news report on the "legalization" of jail breaking I figured Flash for iOS would be top of the list. And here it is. I wonder how many OTA "updates" that will keep locking the back door that Apple will issue to keep people from using software and features it doesn't approve? Just because jail breaking is legal now doesn't mean that Apple will make it easy for consumers.

One of the things I like the most about not running Flash on the iPhone / iPad is that there are no Flash ads.

The other thing is that since Flash is very buggy and is a huge resource hog, I appreciate the extended battery life and stability in the phone that would most certainly go away if I were to jailbrick it.

I can continue running the plethora apps I use on a daily basis that do all I need and more in a smartdevice in a secure, stable environment, or I can jailbrick it and run an alpha quality compatibility layer over unlicensed code that was written for another device so that I can have my allocated monthly data sucked up by advertising.

So Adobe is resposible for the implementation of the PDF renderer on iOS ? I didn't know, thank for your insight . So next time there will be a vulnerability in how a browser handle HTML files let's just blame w3c, and vulnerability from jpeg image handling, from the jpeg group, and TIFF image vulnerability let's blame Adobe on this (duh....).

I can continue running the plethora apps I use on a daily basis that do all I need and more in a smartdevice in a secure, stable environment, or I can jailbrick it and run an alpha quality compatibility layer over unlicensed code that was written for another device so that I can have my allocated monthly data sucked up by advertising.

LOL. I have an Android phone; I COULD run flash if I wanted to, but I choose not to, and I've yet to run into a real need for it. On the desktop, it is sometimes necessary to have flash, but for everything else, there's flashblock.

I too have an android phone, and i did try flash on it quite briefly... It was extremely annoying seeing all those animated ads, it made pages load considerably slower and would probably have had a serious impact on battery life had i continued using it.

There's lots of cool things to do with a jailbroken iPhone that you can't do with a shackled iPhone. Like, having a useful lock screen with calendar information. Or, a fancy overlay with easy access to often-used settings (turning on wifi/data/3G and such on a per-need basis saves boatloads of battery life). Or, a notification system that works pretty much like Android's (i.e., is actually useful). And so much more.

Why bother....
There is no equivalent of "mouse-over" on touch based devices.
So real apps are out, and what's left is the capability to drain your batttery with useless advertisements.
So short-sighted of OSNews to think this is a good thing.

I read recently a story about a company that created a touch screen with sensor that can detect when the finger is hovering the screen. I *think* this was reported on Engadget but I could be wrong. Perhaps this can be used to create mouse-over effect when the finger is hovering over an icon.

Flash came from Macromedia, and that legacy is still there. It's far from bloated, despite being quite feature rich. Most people I know, don't have a problem running Farmville, and really quite like it.

I'll never understand the Flash bashing from regular Windows users. It's some weird kind of follow the leader mentality on display I think. (There are some valid gripes from Mac and Linux users.)

Good for iPhone I guess, now if my favorite video streaming sites would de-port flash...

I have an older PC on which I used to watch 480p youtube videos quite alright for the last 1+ year. After the latest flash update fullscreen playback is out of the question, and windowed playback raises CPU usage to 80%-99%.
Reinstalling older versions doesn't help in any way whatsoever, and yes I uninstall any version with the official uninstaller.